The National Aquarium in Baltimore is celebrating its 30th birthday. The aquarium has celebratory events planned beginning Friday, including crafts and games for children. The aquarium’s actual anniversary is Monday, when visitors can grab one of 1,000 birthday cupcakes that ...

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MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, Ky. — Blasts of cool air offered a welcome reprieve from the scorching summer as a tour group descended into the depths of the world’s longest-known cave. Some visitors donned light jackets for the long hike ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville has no theme park, no beach and no casinos. But it has music. Lots of it. The National Folk Festival, which is coming to Nashville Labor Day weekend, caps off several months of major events held ...

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CHANCE — It’s been almost six years since the skipjack Ida May has had wind in her sails and splashing water swirling across her bow, but in just a few weeks, the boat will once again be sailing the Chesapeake ...

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Click, thump, riiiiing! That’s the sound of something you often hear about but rarely see: A carousel rider going for the brass ring. It happens on a daily basis on the Looff Carousel at the Santa ...

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The Maryland Zoo is offering visitors a chance to check out what their favorite animals are up to in the evenings. The zoo will stay open until 7 p.m. on Thursdays in August, and admission prices will also be cut ...

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For fans of Japanese anime, comic book lovers or anyone interested in something a little off-beat, the annual Otakon convention in Baltimore is the most wonderful time of the year. For those who work around downtown Baltimore, it can also ...

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While Baltimore’s tourism agency didn’t book as many future hotel room nights for conventions as it did last year, the city’s hotel occupancy and revenue per room increased over the past year. Visit Baltimore booked 457,051 convention room nights for ...

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NEW YORK — “I don’t get the whole Harry Potter thing,” a young boy says to our tour guide as we trudge down a midtown Manhattan street, the pavement glistening in the beastly mid-July sun. “I don’t either,” says our ...

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The Dew Tour is here! The Dew Tour is here! The extreme sports event comes back to Maryland this summer starting today by kicking off in Ocean City. You can catch all sorts of skateboarding, BMX and other action now ...

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